1、IEEE Std C37.16-2009IEEE Standard for Preferred Ratings,Related Requirements, andApplication Recommendations forLow-Voltage AC (635 V and below)and DC (3200 V and below) PowerCircuit BreakersIEEE3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997, USA5 June 2009Power integrally fused low-voltage ac power circuit
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4、 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. Introduction This introduction is not part of IEEE Std C37.16-2009, IEEE Standard for Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Recommendations for Low-Voltage AC (635 V and below) and DC (3200 V and below) Power Circuit Breakers. IEEE Std C37.16 was f
5、ormerly the responsibility of a NEMA working group; this responsibility was transferred to IEEE Standards Association in January 2003. The Low Voltage Switchgear Devices subcommittee of the Switchgear Committee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society is now responsible for maintenance and revision of I
6、EEE Std C37.16. The IEEE Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Information for Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers working group made the following changes to keep it up to date with the evolution of low voltage circuit breakers. Changes made in this version include: Tables 1 and T
7、able 2 were replaced by individual paragraphs with each rating. A new Table 1 and Table 2 link frame size to interrupting rating. References to IEEE Std C37.29, which has been withdrawn, were deleted. The tables on motor application were deleted. The user is encouraged to consult relevant standards,
8、 including NEMA MG-1 and NFPA 70. The tables on anode circuit breakers and low-voltage ac circuit protectors were deleted due to lack of product for many years. Rows were deleted from the dc transit breaker tables related to the 53 msec time constant due to lack of product. Tables have been rearrang
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20、 from the IEEE Standards Association. Participants At the time this standard was completed, the Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Information for Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers Working Group had the following membership: Nancy W. Gunderson, Co-chair Jean Claude Maurice, Co
21、chair Paul D. Barnhart Don Colaberardino David Dunne Mike Flack Keith Flowers Albert Livshitz Deepak Mazumdar Jeff Mizener Allan Morse George Nourse T.W. Olsen Charles Ross M. Dean Sugmon Paul Sullivanvi Copyright 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. The following members of the individual balloting com
22、mittee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention. William J. Ackerman Satish K. Aggarwal Stan Arnot Paul Barnhart Robert Beavers Steven Bezner Thomas Blair William Bloethe Chris Brooks Ted Burse William Byrd Eldridge Byron Yunxiang Chen Tommy Cooper Do
23、nald Dunn Douglas J. Edwards Gary Engmann Keith Flowers Paul Forquer Jalal Gohari Randall Groves Nancy W. Gunderson R. Jackson Andrew Jones James Jones Yuri Khersonsky Joseph L. Koepfinger Jim Kulchisky Saumen Kundu Chung-Yiu Lam Stephen Lambert G. Luri Keith Malmedal Frank Mayle John Merando Gary M
24、ichel Daleep Mohla Georges Montillet Charles Morse Jerry Murphy Dennis Neitzel Michael S. Newman Joe Nims George Nourse T. W. Olsen Miklos Orosz Bansi Patel Michael Roberts Charles Rogers Charles Ross Bartien Sayogo Michael Sigmon James E. Smith Jerry Smith R. Kirkland Smith Ralph Stell Paul Sulliva
25、n David Tepen Joe Uchiyama John Vergis James Wilson Larry Yonce Matthew Zeedyk Theodore Zeiss When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 19 March 2009, it had the following membership: Robert M. Grow, Chair Thomas Prevost, Vice Chair Steve M. Mills, Past Chair Judith Gorman, Secretar
26、y John Barr Karen Bartleson Victor Berman Ted Burse Dick DeBlasio Andy Drozd Mark Epstein Alexander Gelman Jim Hughes Richard Hulett Young Kyum Kim Joseph L. Koepfinger* John Kulick David J. Law Ted Olsen Glen Parsons Ron Peterson Narayanan Ramachandran Jon Walter Rosdahl Sam Sciacca *Member Emeritu
27、s Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons: Howard Wolfman, TAB Representative Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative Michael Janezic, NIST Representative Michelle Turner IEEE Standards Program Manager, Document Development Matthew J. Ceglia IEEE Standards Program M
28、anager, Technical Program Development vii Copyright 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. Contents 1. Overview 1 1.1 Scope . 1 1.2 Purpose 1 2. Normative references 2 3. Preferred ratings for ac low-voltage power circuit breaker frames 2 3.1 General 2 3.2 Rated maximum voltage 2 3.3 Rated power frequency
29、3 3.4 Frame size 3 3.5 Rated continuous current . 3 3.6 Short-circuit current and short-time rating 3 3.7 Power frequency withstand voltage. 4 3.8 Overload and endurance 4 4. Preferred ratings for dc power circuit breakers 6 5. Preferred trip system current ratings and settings. 12 5.1 Electronic tr
30、ip system current ratings for ac power circuit breakers 12 5.2 Electromechanical trip device current ratings for ac power circuit breakers. 12 5.3 Electromechanical trip device current ratings for general purpose dc power circuit breakers. 13 6. Preferred rated control voltages 13 Annex A (normative
31、) Operating conditions . 15 Annex B (informative) Bibliography 16 1 Copyright 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. IEEE Standard for Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Recommendations for Low-Voltage AC (635 V and below) and DC (3200 V and below) Power Circuit Breakers IMPORTANT NOT
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34、 on request from IEEE or viewed at http:/standards.ieee.org/IPR/ disclaimers.html 1. Overview 1.1 Scope This standard provides the preferred ratings for low-voltage ac (635 V and below) power circuit breakers, fused low-voltage ac (600 V and below) power circuit breakers, general purpose dc (325 V a
35、nd below) power circuit breakers, and low-voltage dc (3200 V and below) power circuit breakers. 1.2 Purpose This standard provides preferred ratings to establish a uniform basis of product design and testing for low-voltage ac and dc power circuit breakers. The ratings in this standard are preferred
36、 but are not restrictive. Manufacturers may choose to offer, and users may elect to require, ratings which differ from those in this standard. IEEE Std C37.16-2009 IEEE Standard for Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Recommendations for Low-Voltage AC (635 V and below) and DC (
37、3200 V and below) Power Circuit Breakers 2 Copyright 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. This revision updates the preferred ratings to reflect changes in the state of the art. Ratings for some obsolete products have been eliminated and new ratings added. This revision is coordinated with the changes in
38、 companion standards IEEE Std C37.13, IEEE Std C37.14, IEEE Std C37.17, and IEEE Std C37.27.1, 22. Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document (i.e., they must be understood and used, so each referenced document is cited in text and
39、its relationship to this document is explained). For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments or corrigenda) applies. IEEE Std C37.13, Standard for Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in E
40、nclosures.3IEEE Std C37.14, Standard for Low-Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures. IEEE Std C37.14-2002, Standard for Low-Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures. IEEE Std C37.17, Standard for Direct-Acting Trip Systems for Low-Voltage (up to 635 V) AC and General Purpos
41、e Low-Voltage (up to 325 V) DC Power Circuit Breakers. IEEE Std C37.18, Standard Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for Rotating Electric Machinery. IEEE Std C37.27, Application Guide for Low-Voltage AC Fused Power Circuit Breakers Applied with Separately Mounted Current-Limiting Fuses. ANSI
42、C37.50, American National Standard for SwitchgearLow-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures Test Procedures.43. Preferred ratings for ac low-voltage power circuit breaker frames 3.1 General Preferred ratings, related requirements, and application limitations for ac low-voltage power ci
43、rcuit breaker frames (see IEEE Std C37.13) are as shown in 3.2 through 3.8. 3.2 Rated maximum voltage The rated maximum voltage for unfused ac low-voltage power circuit breakers should be one of the following values: 254 V, 508 V, or 635 V. The rated maximum voltage for fused ac low-voltage power ci
44、rcuit breakers should be one of the following values: 254 V, 508 V, or 600 V. The upper limit of 600 V is established by the maximum voltage for fuses. 1Information on normative references can be found in Clause 2. 2The IEEE standards or products referred to in this clause are trademarks of the Inst
45、itute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 3IEEE publications are available from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA. 4ANSI standards publications are available from the Institute of Electrical and Electron
46、ics Engineers, Inc. 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA. IEEE Std C37.16-2009 IEEE Standard for Preferred Ratings, Related Requirements, and Application Recommendations for Low-Voltage AC (635 V and below) and DC (3200 V and below) Power Circuit Breakers 3 Copyright 2009 IEE
47、E. All rights reserved. 3.3 Rated power frequency The preferred rated power frequency is 50 Hz, 60 Hz, or 50/60 Hz. 3.4 Frame size The frame size should be one of the following values: 600 A, 800 A, 1600 A, 2000 A, 3000 A, 3200 A, 4000 A, 5000 A, or 6000 A. 3.5 Rated continuous current The rated con
48、tinuous current is defined by the trip device current settings, see clause 6. The continuous-current carrying capability of some circuit breaker frames may be higher than the trip-device current rating (see IEEE Std C37.13). 3.6 Short-circuit current and short-time rating 3.6.1 Unfused circuit break
49、er frames Table 1 provides the short-circuit current ratings, and the preferred ranges, for circuit breakers with instantaneous direct-acting tripping elements. Table 2 provides the short-time current ratings with instantaneous direct-acting tripping elements and the short-circuit current ratings for circuit breakers without instantaneous direct-acting tripping elements (intentional time-delayed tripping). The short-circuit currents are given as rms symmetrical values for single-phase (2-pole) circuit breakers and three-phase average rms symmetrical values of th
